Infrastructure impacts every aspect of a business: top line, bottom line, supply chain, personnel, customer service - you name it and infrastructure has the power to make or break it.

Louisville excels both as a reliable provider of cost-effective services (utilities) and as a central location offering easy access to the nation and the world (transportation).  Businesses who move or expand here are able to operate at lower costs and move products and people more easily, making Louisville's infrastructure an automatic competitive advantage for companies who locate here.

 
UTILITIES - Overall utility costs in Kentucky continue to be among the very lowest in the nation, providing yet another competitive business advantage. With vast natural resources for the provision of energy, natural gas and water supply, Kentucky is a cost effective location. Coupled with a strong technology network, companies are assured quality access to a complete infrastructure needed to be operational. Get the facts about Louisville's utility costs.

• Energy: For five consecutive years, Louisville-based E.On-LG&E Energy Inc. ranked highest in overallcustomer satisfaction in the J.D. Power and Associates' Electric Utility Midsize BusinessCustomer Satisfaction Study. In addition to quality and reliability, LG&E's 700,000 area customers enjoy electric rates that are 49% lower than the national average.
• Natural Gas: Kentucky's natural gas costs are competitive for both the industrial and commercial sectors,particularly within the Midwest and Southeast regions of the nation. A large majority ofconsumed volume is obtained from the interstate pipeline system between the Gulf States andthe Northeast, which passes directly through Kentucky, thus ensuring a competitive and readilyavailable supply of natural gas. The remainder of the natural gas expended in the state isproduced by wells in the Kentucky coalfields.
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• Telecommunications: Three major interstate fiber-optic networks serve the Greater Louisville area, assuring uninterruptedinterstate voice and data transmission. Leading-edge technologies and the latest design techniquesare utilized throughout the Louisville area, promising flexible and reliable telecommunicationsservices. Fiber optic, wireless, digital microwave and satellite technologies are integrated intoa sophisticated infrastructure capable of handling the most demanding needs. This cutting edgetechnology opens a world of opportunities for any business with telecommunications needs.

 
TRANSPORTATION - Greater Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population and, as the home of UPS WorldPort, within a day's flight for packages to almost any global destination.  Our central location and excellent transportation systems make our region a prime site for industry.  Expansion Management gave us a five-star logistics rating and ranked Louisville the second-best city in the country for logistics.  We continue to build on our natural strengths and earned successes to further establish ourselves as a national leader in logistics.

• Roadways: The highway system in Greater Louisville provides one-day access to well over 60 percent of the major domestic markets via Interstates I-65, I-64, and I-71. In addition, a secondary road network provides convenient ingress and egress to the major interstate highways.
• Runways: Louisville International Airport provides dependable service to numerous international and domestic gateways and, thanks to the recent $1 billion UPS investment in expanding Worldport to 5.2 million square feet, Louisville has 253 in-bound and out-bound UPS flights a day.  Find out more about Louisville's airport, commercial flight service and UPS Worldport.
• River: Two public inland ports and 48 private terminals on the Ohio River provide a competitive advantage in handling bulk products with access on the U.S. inland waterway system from the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Gulf of Mexico.
• Railways: Greater Louisville is served by three Class I railroads: Canadian Pacific (CP), CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS). Both CSX and NS railroads provide Louisville with direct rail service to all markets east of the Mississippi River as well as connecting service to the West Coast. The city is also one of four regional hubs for CSX.